Meat-packing device



UNITED STATES l PATENT OFFICE.

- EMANUEL DETWILER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

M EAT- PACKING DEV C E.

SPECIFICATION formingpart, of Letters Patent No. 225,467, dated March16, 1880. Application filedJanuary 30,1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL DETWILER, of Milwaukec, in the county ofMilwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Meat- Packing Devices; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, an d exact description thereof.

My invention relates to devices for packing meat; and it consists in anapparatus for compressing it, together with a series oi manipulationswhich constitute an improved process, as will hereinafter be described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my device for compressingmeat, and Fig. 2 a

side view, together with the squeezers for gathering and holding the endedges of the cloth for. covering the package as they are being tied up.Fig. 3 is a top view of the former covered with the wrapping-cloth; Fig.4, a top view of the former closed, and Fig. 5 a crosssection.

A is a band of spring metal, bifurcated at one end, which is attached,by screws passing through the arms a a of the bifurcation, to a bench ortable. It is provided at its other end with a tongue, a, looped at (0 isbent over, and the tongue is passed between the arms a a. and caughtover the hooked end of a bellcrank lever, B, which is operated byanother lever, O, the arm O! of which engages with the rack 0 Drepresents an expanding cylinder composed of a band of metal, the" edgesd cl of which overlap.

E is one arm of a squeezer, hooked at e, and

attached either to the table which holds the compressor or to anothertable or bench. The other arm, E, is pivoted to it at c, and is alsobooked, as at e. An arm or rod, F, connects the arm E with a treadle, bywhich it is operated.

My process of packing meat is as follows: I first put the meat in acloth and then place them in a former, G, press the sides of 'the formertogether until the edges of the cloth meet, pin these edges together,take the bundle out, and, placing the end edges of the cloth in thesqueezer, compress and tie them, re turn the bundle to the former, inthe slots 9 of which I have laid strings g, when, after again pressingit, I tie the strings by a loose knot about the bundle. The bundle isnow sufficiently small for insertion into the cylinder D, which is inposition in the band A. It is therefore thrust in until the last stringcomes under the last slot, H, as both the cylinder and expanding bandare slotted alike. The strings are now untied, pressure is appliedto thelever G, which draws the tongue,

compresses the band A about the cylinder D,

the edges of which pass each other and permit it to give on all sides,and thus an even pressure is brought to bear on all of the material. Thematerial having now been sufficiently compressed the strings may beretied, whenthe package is ready for curing. When lumps of meat whichhave a natural skin are treated the cloth above mentioned will beunnecessary and may be dispensed with, and the strings tied directlyabout the meat. In-

stead of the levers B O, a screw or any other device for applying thepower may be used.

It will be seen that the slots 9 g in the former G are ofgradually-decreasing width, that the cord used to tie up the bundle maybe caught and held from one side to the other.

By my invention all of the trimmings heretofore made into sausage may bepreserved and be made into boneless pressed meat of superior quality.

I claim- 1. In a meat-packing device, the expanding band, in combinationwith the expanding cylinder and a lever for drawing the parts together,as set forth.

2. The expanding band having a series of edges of the covering-cloth,and a former for In testimony that I claim the foregoing I giving thepackage its initial shape, as set have hereunto set my hand this 16thday of forth. January, 1880.

5. The former constructed with hinged sides 5 having inclined slots, asset forth. EMANUEL DETWILER.

6. The process of packing meat herein described--viz., by shaping it ina former, tying Witnesses: the ends of the cloth with which it iswrapped, J AMES G. FLAND Rs, then compressing, and finally tying it upwith STANLEY S. STOUT.

1o cords passed about it, as set forth.

